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  1. gold rush
    Who’s Our 2024 Emmy Villain?You can blame Zaslav all you want for HBO’s decline, but he still doesn’t get the No. 1 spot.
    By Joe Reid
  2. tv review
    The Crown Keeps Its DistanceWith the tragedy of Diana, Peter Morgan plays it safe to the very end.
    By Jackson McHenry
  3. buffering
    The 8 Biggest Takeaways From Netflix’s Latest Ratings DumpNo one watched your favorite prestige movie, but everyone ate up One Piece.
    By Josef Adalian and Eric Vilas-Boas
  4. gold rush
    Succession
    Who Will Succeed Succession as Emmys Darling?When a TV show that has dominated the ballot for years ends, the subsequent ceremony presents a scramble to fill the blank spaces.
    By Joe Reid
  5. mug shots
    Manhunt Knows What to Do With Tobias Menzies’s FaceNever has a hair-and-makeup team so perfectly framed an actor’s most compelling asset.
    By Nicholas Quah
  6. 2023 emmys in 2024
    The Bear Isn’t Catching Any Emmys for ‘Fishes’ Just YetThe Television Academy is still on season one.
    By Jason P. Frank
  7. heavy lies the crown
    Imelda Staunton Was Playing Queen Elizabeth When Queen Elizabeth DiedThe actress’s scheduled 10 days off just so happened to coincide with the country’s 10 days of mourning.
    By Tom Smyth
  8. endings
    The Crown Says the Quiet Parts Out LoudPeter Morgan’s final word on Elizabeth’s reign hits with all the subtlety of a two-by-four to the face.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  9. chat room
    Meg Bellamy on Kate and Carole Middleton’s Weird Crown Dynamic“I don’t think she has as much power on Kate as people might think.”
    By Devon Ivie
  10. casting call
    The Search for the Next Will and KateThe Crown’s casting director on how the show found the right pair to bring an interior life to these tabloided young royals.
    By Jackson McHenry
  11. overnights
    The Crown Series-Finale Recap: The Party’s OverThe Crown ends holding firm to its adoration of Queen Elizabeth.
    By Sarene Leeds
  12. overnights
    The Crown Recap: Dracula Royal FamilyWilliam continues to be torn between leading a (somewhat) normal life and his familial duties.
    By Sarene Leeds
  13. overnights
    The Crown Recap: Good-bye, YouElizabeth isn’t ready to let Margaret go yet, but she knows she must.
    By Sarene Leeds
  14. overnights
    The Crown Recap: StalkingWhen William met Kate.
    By Sarene Leeds
  15. overnights
    The Crown Recap: Popularity ContestTony Blair is mean girling Queen Elizabeth into considering getting more in touch with regular people.
    By Sarene Leeds
  16. overnights
    The Crown Recap: Royal AngstIt’s somehow dull to watch Prince William get thrust into the spotlight and turn into a teenage heartthrob in the most challenging moment of his life.
    By Sarene Leeds
  17. trailer mix
    How Many Hats Are in the Trailer for The Crown’s Final Episodes?The final six episodes premiere on December 14, and the trailer promises hats galore.
    By Tom Smyth
  18. photo realism
    ‘A Photo Can Destroy a Life’How The Crown re-created the images of Diana’s final days within the constraints of taste, decency, and copyright.
    By Devon Ivie
  19. emergency discussion
    The Crown Made a Haunting ChoiceWe need to talk about Ghost Diana and Ghost Dodi.
  20. overnights
    The Crown Recap: Ta-Da!In the aftermath of tragedy, Charles and Elizabeth work through their reactions with a little help from Ghost Diana.
    By Sarene Leeds
  21. overnights
    The Crown Recap: Living in the MadnessWe arrive at the inevitable, an incredibly tense episode detailing Diana’s last 24 hours in excruciatingly claustrophobic detail.
    By Sarene Leeds
  22. overnights
    The Crown Recap: Oh, That GirlThe most anti-Diana episode of the season so far paints the adrift princess as the personification of scandal and poor judgment.
    By Sarene Leeds
  23. overnights
    The Crown Season-Premiere Recap: Cruel SummerOur favorite royal soap has reached the beginning of the end. Cue “Tubthumping.”
    By Sarene Leeds
  24. keeping up with the fake royals
    The Crown Coronates Its Final Season This WinterCollege Will and Kate are next in line on the cast list.
    By Rebecca Alter
  25. trailer mix
    The Crown Season 6 Trailer Is Queen Elizabeth’s Eras TourBidding a toodle-oo to Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, and Imelda Staunton as Liz 2.0.
    By Bethy Squires
  26. fall preview 2023
    Fall TV Can’t Stop Looking BackwardThis season, streaming embraces a model that makes it safer to tell stories about the past.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  27. the crown
    Tom Cruise and a Bear Added to King’s Coronation Guest ListAnd maybe Nicki Lewinsky.
    By Zoe Guy
  28. overnights
    The Crown Season-Finale Recap: Full CircleThe season ends with another poll, another new prime minister, another boat trip, and a lingering sense of unease.
    By Sandi Rankaduwa
  29. close read
    The Crown Did Diana DirtySeason five’s diminishment of the “people’s princess” as petulant and reckless feels like nefarious intent hidden behind fictional license.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  30. overnights
    The Crown Recap: The War of the WalesesBreakups suck, but this episode doesn’t.
    By Sandi Rankaduwa
  31. chat room
    The Crown’s Olivia Williams Brought Monty Python Energy to Her Tampon Scene“It ends up with Charles, literally, saying he would go round and round the bowl and never flush down. It’s not a sexual fantasy.”
    By Devon Ivie
  32. overnights
    The Crown Recap: Tear Down the TempleIf this episode of The Crown had aired three years ago, Martin Bashir might have gotten a very different edit.
    By Sandi Rankaduwa
  33. chat room
    The Crown’s Lesley Manville Missed Her One Chance to Meet Princess MargaretVia an invitation from her friend David Bowie.
    By Jackson McHenry
  34. overnights
    The Crown Recap: DNA BusinessAh The Crown, a show about the royal family — you know, the Romanovs.
    By Sandi Rankaduwa
  35. keeping up with the (fake) royals
    Princess Diana Is Haunting Her Biographer Through Elizabeth Debicki“It was like being with a ghost.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  36. emergency discussion
    Does The Crown Like the Royals or Not?A season about the Diana and Charles divorce would seem like a prime opportunity to tear into the monarchy. And yet …
    By Jackson McHenry and Kathryn VanArendonk
  37. overnights
    The Crown Recap: TampongateSome doubted The Crown would touch this incident, and yet here we are.
    By Sandi Rankaduwa
  38. overnights
    The Crown Recap: Love’s RefrainThings heat up in this Margaret-focused episode (literally, in Windsor Castle’s case).
    By Sandi Rankaduwa
  39. overnights
    The Crown Recap: Puttin’ on the RitzThe Crown steps away from the royal family and puts the spotlight on Mohamed and Dodi Al-Fayed.
    By Sandi Rankaduwa
  40. overnights
    The Crown Recap: True GriefPhilip helps a family member through a hard time but basically tells Diana to suck it up.
    By Sandi Rankaduwa
  41. overnights
    The Crown Season-Premiere Recap: I’m on a BoatNetflix’s prestige drama is really amping up the drama as season five kicks off.
    By Sandi Rankaduwa
  42. tv review
    The Crown Wades Into a Royal MessThe choppy but absorbing fifth season of Netflix’s monarchical saga feels divorced from what came before.
    By Jen Chaney
  43. trailer mix
    The Crown Steps Into the Revenge-Dress EraThe season-five trailer has both real and figurative fireworks.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  44. revenge of the dress
    Princess Diana’s Revenge Dress Is Coming to The CrownElizabeth Debicki plays Princess Diana for the upcoming season five.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  45. keeping up with the ex-royals
    Netflix Suddenly Scared to Offend Anyone With Harry and Meghan DocSources say the streamer is “rattled” as the couple try to “tone down” the edit.
    By Zoe Guy
  46. ratings
    Apparently Everyone’s Streaming The Crown AgainWhile the queen’s funeral wasn’t quite the ratings blockbuster.
    By Josef Adalian
  47. uk hun?
    Prince Harry Calls Matt Smith ‘Granddad,’ the Poor Confused DearWho’s gonna tell him?
    By Rebecca Alter
  48. the actual crown
    The Crown Isn’t Uncouth Like the Rest of Y’allThe Netflix show officially paused production out of respect for the queen’s death.
    By Zoe Guy
  49. herstorical fiction
    Netflix Might Plumb More Britstory for a Prequel to The CrownWhich … isn’t that just The King’s Speech?
    By Rebecca Alter
  50. jewel heist
    Have You Seen $200,000 Worth of The Crown Props?Now who walked off set with a whole grandfather clock face hidden under their shirt?
    By Rebecca Alter
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